Sekirov Dictionary

repercussive

adjective 3
noun 1
forms 3

adjective3

•
Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate.
- Ye repercussive rocks! repeat the sound. — 1728
•
Driven back; rebounding; reverberated.
- Rages loud the repercussive roar. — 1749
•
(no longer used) Repellent; driving back.
- Blood is stanched[…] by astringent and repercussive medicines. — 1627

noun1

•
(no longer used) A repellent.
- rheums and defluxions, which if you apply a strong repercussive to the place affected , and do not take away the cause of the disease , will shift and fall straightways to another joint or place — 1627

forms

repercussives · more repercussive · most repercussive

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